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Valve Working on Virtual Reality for Team Fortress 2

One thing that always impresses me about Valve is its ability to surprise everyone every now and then. SteamBox was a doozy, but that's not all. According to the description of a talk Valve will be giving at GDC this year, Gabe Newell and Company's recent focus on wearable computing has, in part, "included porting Team Fortress 2 to run in virtual reality goggles."

With all this talk of wearable computing, the Oculus Rift and the like, it's kind of amazing how close we're getting to full on virtual reality in gaming. Obstacles remain, however. In fact, in another talk, Valve's Michael Abrash will discuss "Why Virtual Reality is Hard (And Where it Might be Going)." So don't go setting up your holodeck gaming room just yet. We're going to get a lot of news in regards to this stuff come March, though, so hopefully we're not too far off. I'll probably hit up both talks and let you guys know what happens.